Snap-hook.



PATENTED .J'UNElG, 1903.

W. COOPER. SNAP HOOK. .APPLIOATIOH FILED OCT. 31, 1902.

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Patented June 16, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM COOPER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 731,023, dated June 16,1903. Application filed October 31, 1902. Seria.l No. 129.602. (Nomodel.)

provements in Snap-Hooks; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let-.ters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in springsnap-hooks and it consists in the provision of a snap-hook having aconical-shaped socket portion which is rigidly secured to the singlepiece of wire out of which the hook is formed and adapted to receive theends of the wire, one end being soldered or otherwise fastened to thesocket portion and the other end adapted to be sprung into a recessedportion of said socket member.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the let ters of reference marked thereon, form a part ofthis application, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved snap-hook, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig.1.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignatesa single piece of wire having one end bent to form a loop 13,and (J designates a tapering socket portion a cross sectional view of.which is illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Said socket member issoldered or otherwise securely fastened to the wire A, and the end B ofthe portion of the wire forming the end of aloop is formed to receive ahook or any other article, and a swivel K may be connected to the loopformed by one end being held in said socket member.

From the foregoing it will be observed that by the formation of aspring-hook made of a single piece of wire and having a socket membersoldered to the wire forming the hook an efficient and simple snap-hookis provided, especially adapted for use in connection with fish-hooks orfor other purposes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A snap-hook comprising in combination with a fiat tapering socketmember, a single piece of Wire having aloop formed at one end, the shankportion of said wire passing through said member and secured thereto,the end of 65 said loop being bent at an angle and fastened within saidmember, one face of the member being longitudinally recessed and adaptedto receive the flexible end of the wire, a portion of said memberadjacent to the recess serving as means for retaining said flexible endin a locked relation, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM COOPER.

iVitnesses:

W. F. PROPPER, ROBERT STEWART.

